Autumn and Winter in Comfortable Style!

When I think of autumn and winter I think of crisp leaves, warm gloves, hearty stews and fun. Wellies aren’t usually the first things that come to mind but British weather being what it is, they are essentials.

I hate wellies, they are clumpy, waxy, shapeless and for whatever reason I only ever seem to find green farmer wellies or garish ones. It’s been a bit of a dilemna to be honest. Until now. The lovelies from Charlotte and Co. have sent me some mock croc wellies to try out, and I am in love!

[slideshow id=5] Out with the old and nasty and in with the comfy yet uber sexy mock crocs! Being in a rural-ish North Yorks location I can spend whole weeks living in wellies so these are quite the find. Great for under jeans or over and retailing at £39.00 for a pair they are a winter wardrobe must.

Browsing through the Charlotte and Co website you can find a whole host of gorgeous items for outdoor and indoor. These beautiful cotton-flannel PJ’s have hit my Christmas list (Are you reading this Roy?). I was really pleased to find that these are available up to size 18 (being short with a large bum means sites that cater for smaller sizes only are no good whatsoever).

Please take a minute to have a nosy at the website, be it for yourself or as a gift for someone else, especially on the run up to Christmas. You will definitely find something suitably gorgeous. You can find the lovelies from Charlotte and Co on both Facebook and Twitter so make sure you pop and say hello and keep up to date with news and offers.

*I was sent a pair of Mock Croc Wellies to try and review. Please note I am keeping these, I am not letting them out of my sight. My sister was eyeing them up last night but she can’t borrow them. They are mine. Charlotte and Co have had no editorial input on this write-up which is based purely on my own experiences / opinions.

Riverford Organic Vegetable Boxes

Getting my veggies delivered is something I’ve been wanting to do for years. I just didn’t get around to it (just call me the Queen of Procrastination). There has been a lot of talk of home grown food and autumn soups on Twitter recently and seeing as the only thing I can grow are weeds I figured it was time to look into it.

As a veg box virgin the first thing I did was my research. I bypassed Google and went to the font of all knowledge, Twitter. By and large the positive comments far outweighed the negatives for having a box delivered and Riverford seemed well known and respected so to the Riverford website I went.

 The site is very easy to navigate and by entering my postcode I could see where my local delivery came from, who would bring it and most importantly, what was in each box!

Riverford offer a range of seasonal boxes of different sizes and with different contents. Being new to the veg box game I ordered a small vegetable box.

This is what was delivered:

I have to say that the pic doesn’t do the box justice but needless to say I was very impressed.

As this was my first delivery, the friendly delivery man brought me a starter pack and explained how it all worked. Is it sad to say I was very excited? Probably, but not needlessly, the quality of the veg we received was outstanding!

Will we be ordering again? I already have, this time I’ve made my own box up rather than going for a set one, (I like to try everything out and see what works best for us) and I’m looking forward to the next delivery.

Would we as a family recommend Riverford? Absolutely! Expect to see some healthy and hopefully yummy autumn & winter recipes using our box contents soon.

** I haven’t been contacted by Riverford and asked to review. These are our findings as a family after venturing in to veg box world for the first time 🙂